Venice: Unforgettable Gondola Ride & Live Serenade

We arrived at the start point early for our 6pm confirmed ride. The manager organizing the gondoliers was very unhelpful and told us to go wait over there. By 6:15 we were wondering why we were still waiting. A nice young man came over and asked if we had been told the time was changed to 6:30. No. At 6:40 we loaded into the gondola for a barely 20 min ride. Would not recommend this tour.

8 gondolas lined up single file going through ally way type canals. Our Gondoliar smoked a cigarette the entire time. Not to romantic.

Great experience. However paid for a serenade that was shared with 6 gondolas not as advertised . On approaching the meeting point to collect our voucher as per the instructions on viador booking email we were directed to "the boss" who told us abruptly to come back 10 minutes before our time . Once aboard our gondola which was as we hoped , we expected to have a signing gondolier which was instead on a gondola four or five back in the fleet of gondolas that left at the same time while our gondolier spoke to someone in his phone for the first half of our 30 minute trip ! Overall a good experience but definetly not what we paid for.

There is only one singer in a gondola and all the other gondolas follow, is very cute thought, you have the chance to take pictures of the gondolas love love the experience

This was amazing. We had gone on a gondola ride last time we were in Venice, but having someone singing was incredible. It made it even more special. I recommend it.

It was worth the experience. The organizer, gondola driver, and singer/musician were l on time. We started promptly at the correct time. We went around for 30 minutes, and the musician played songs throughout. The singer sang everyone other song. They sounded wonderful and it was romantic. We were the envy of other gondola rides.

Fantastic condola ride with an accordion and a singer. The ride started on the Grand canal but also cruised thru several small canals.

Difficult locating the sail point but local guide assisted. Day was perfect and ride was a memorable experience as we drifted along the area children ran to wave and tourist snapped pictures perfect beginning to a perfect evening with sing along and additional music.

For the money we paid, I was expecting our gondola ride to be just us (my wife and I) as it was advertised as a Romantic Gondola ride. How can be with a shared boat. The serenade was a guy playing guitar. Was nice, but expected a song. Our ride was barely 20 minutes and do not feel we got value for our money.

Trip was supposed to last 30 minutes, we started late and were back to the starting point by 23 minutes after the hour—it wasn’t even 20 minutes long! Serenade was 2 American songs—I assumed we would be serenaded with Italian standards. The crew were nice, but I was disappointed.